Penn State Dickinson School of Law to hold commencement in State College

Penn State Dickinson School of Law will hold its commencement in State College on Saturday, the first time the ceremony will be held outside of Carlisle since Penn State University and The Dickinson School of Law merged in 2000.

The move marks the beginning of commencement alternating between the law school's two campuses. Next year it will return to Carlisle and subsequently be held on each campus every other year.

Previous law school commencements took place in Carlisle on the lawn in front of Dickinson College's Old West building, although the law school is not affiliated with Dickinson College. This year's commencement will be held in the Eisenhower Auditorium in State College and followed by a reception in the law school's new $60 million, 114,000 square-foot Lewis Katz Building.

Lewis Katz, an owner of the New Jersey Nets and member of the law school's class of 1966 who gave $15 million to the law school, will be the keynote speaker at the commencement. The law school is offering to bus students attending its Carlisle campus and their families between Carlisle and State College Saturday. It also will hold a reception in Carlisle for graduates and their families Friday night.

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